FCA fines Metro Bank £16.7m for anti-money laundering failings

£51bn in transactions not properly checked

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The UK’s financial regulator has fined Metro Bank £16.7m for failing to have the correct systems and controls in place to adequately monitor more than 60 million transactions, amounting £51bn in improperly checked money.

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